I've been seeing more and more retro gaming youtube channels that use fake AI screenshots of games that don't exist for their thumbs, AI voice overs and scripts that feel like they were written by AI.

[st1ka@peoplemaking.games]

I've been seeing more and more retro gaming youtube channels that use fake AI screenshots of games that don't exist for their thumbs, AI voice overs and scripts that feel like they were written by AI.

At that stage, what's even the point of following a creator?

[jedimb@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@St1ka It's so exhausting. I've seen a lot of obviously AI-faked Minecraft builds in thumbnails, too.

[marisadoom@tech.lgbt]

@St1ka with this stuff I even wonder what the point of putting out any of this garbage even is.

[leviamicky@meow.social]

@St1ka and of course they’re all lists

[st1ka@peoplemaking.games]

@marisadoom Probably money. a Lot of their videos pulled over 100k views.

And they put out a new video every 2-3 days (they probably source gameplay footage from other channels).

So yeah, it's probably a money making machine

[marisadoom@tech.lgbt]

@St1ka capitalism in a nutshell, yup...

[halcy@icosahedron.website]

@St1ka @marisadoom yeah this is basically 100% automated i assume. Automated scripting, footage stealing and cutting, etc. it’s probably extremely easy to set up, type of scam where the only reason you and I are not doing it right now is that we‘re not pieces of shit.

[marisadoom@tech.lgbt]

@halcy @St1ka if the views are also automated I'm going to scream.

[halcy@icosahedron.website]

@marisadoom @St1ka you know what, I‘d respect it more if it was. Defrauding google i can almost get behind